Shade-bracket



W. H. BOOTH.

SHADE BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1920.

1,383,975, Patented July 5,1921.

WIT/V58 E8 INVENTOR W. H.5ooTH my By W0 ATTORNEYS WILLIAM HORACE BOOTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Application filed November 22, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM HORACE Boorrr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Shade-Bracket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

It has been customary to provide two shade rollers in each window frame. These rollers carried cloth of diflerent colors, so as to be capable of guarding against the entrance of sun-light, for which usually a green cloth was provided, and also to insure privacy to the occupants, for which latter purpose, as well as improving the decorative qualities of the shade, it has been customary to use a cream or white colored cloth.

With a view of avoiding complication it has been proposed to utilize members having a single body ortion, and including a pair of brackets, so that by attaching this member to the frame, brackets for both rollers were presented.

These types of brackets, far from reducing the complication and expense, have for the most part added to both of these items, in that an ornate and complicated structure was utilized which presented difficulties of proper application to the sides of the window sash.

It is also well appreciated that it has been quite a frequent occurrence that the strips forming the sides of the sash have been split incident to the application of a bracket or brackets to the sides of the sash by means of nails.

With this in view, I have provided a shade bracket which shall primarily be capable of application to the side strips of the sash without any extraneous securing means.

A further object of my invention is the construction of a member presenting a pair of brackets permitting of the association of a pair of shade rollers therewith, which members shall be extremely simple in construction, and economical to produce.

Further objects of my invention will appear in the annexed specification and drawings, which latter present one practical embodiment of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of any desired type of window sash, and showing my improved type of bracket retaining a pair of rollers in applied position thereon.

Specification of Letters Patent.

SHADE-BRACKET.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Serial no. 425,847.

Fig. 2 is acleft side View of one of the bracket members.

Fig. 3 is a right side view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a plan view thereof, and

Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the second bracket going to form a completed unit.

In these views the reference numeral 10 indicates any conventional type of sash frame, having the usual side strips 11 secured thereto, which strips act in the usual manner, as guides for the sash 12.

Now with a View of properly mounting the shade rollers 13, I utilize a pair of brackets, each of which include a plate, bent substantially intermediate its extremities to provide a U shaped body portion 14:.

In any desirable manner, the plate is cut, preferably prior to the bending action, to which it is subjected, so that a cut-out portion 15 is formed, the material of this cutout portion being permitted to remain in its normal position, thus forming an outwardly extending tab 16. The outer end of the tab 16, as has been indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, may be provided with a conventional slot 17, adapted to receive the extending end portions 18 of the roller, or as has been indicated in Fig. 5, maybe formed with an opening 19 for the insertion of the extending pin 20 of the roller 13.

It is to be noted that that end portion of the body of the plate of which the tab 16 forms a continuation, may be conveniently reduced, as has been indicated in Figs. 2 and 5, and a slot or opening formed therein for the insertion of the end portion of the second roller 13.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a shade bracket capable of receiving the ends of a pair of rollers which is extremely simple in construction and which may be manufactured at a minimum of cost, so that the device may readily be placed upon the market.

Now with a view of providing means for the application of a bracket of this type to its proper position on the frame, it is to be noted that the end portions of each of the plates opposite to those end portions formed with openings or slots, are bent so as to provide inwardly extending prongs 21. Thus upon the side strips 11 being loosened, it will be a simple matter to slip this end of the plate into its proper position, and upon the strips being fastened by means of the screws or any expedients resorted to for this purpose, it will be appreciated that the prongs 21 of each of the brackets will penetrate the strips 11 to a certain depth, and thus retain the entire device in applied position. I

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a shade bracket capable of retaining the ends of a pair of shade rollers in applied position, and which bracket is extremely simple in construction, as afore stated. It will also be appreciatedjthat no extraneous meanswill be necessary for retaining abracket of this nature inapplied position by virtue of the construction provided. 7

Obviously numerous modifications of A shade bracket including a U shaped body portion adapted to embrace a side strip, said body "being formed with a cutout portion whereby to provide a substantially straight tab, saidtab being in line with and forming a re'arwardly extending continuation of one of sa d arms, andmeans ad acent the outer ends of both said tab and the arm of said U shaped body. portionwith which said tab alines, iorpermitting the associa- '7 tion therewith ofone of the ends ofa shade 13 roller. 7

WILLIAM HORACE BOOTH; f 

